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<\/a><\/p>\n3nd Annual Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nNorthwestern University\u2019s Poetry and Poetics Colloquium, together with Northwestern University Press, is pleased to announce the third annual Drinking Gourd chapbook poetry prize, a first-book award for poets of color. This will be an annual award combining the efforts of Northwestern\u2019s Poetry and Poetics Colloquium and Northwestern University Press in celebrating and publishing works of lasting cultural value and literary excellence.<\/span><\/p>\nShowcasing the work of emerging poets of color, volumes in the Drinking Gourd series are selected by a panel of distinguished minority poets and scholars and feature a short introduction by a senior minority writer.<\/span><\/p>\nDrinking Gourd Chapbook Prize Guidelines:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nAward<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nWinner receives $350 prize money, publication by Northwestern University Press, 15 copies of the book, and a featured reading.<\/span><\/p>\nJudging<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nJudging will be conducted by a panel of senior minority poets and scholars assembled by the Northwestern University Poetry and Poetics Colloquium.<\/span><\/p>\nEligibility<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nPoets of color who have not previously published a book-length volume of poetry. Simultaneous submissions to other contests should be noted.\u00a0 Immediate notification upon winning another award is required. Winner must be available for a reading in January of 2015.<\/span><\/p>\nDeadline<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThe deadline for submission is\u00a0December 31, 2013.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>To be notified that your manuscript has been received, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard. Reading period begins January 15, 2014 and the winner will be announced by March 15, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\nSubmission<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Showcasing the work of emerging poets of color, volumes in the Drinking Gourd series are selected by a panel of distinguished minority poets and scholars and feature a short introduction by a senior minority writer.<\/span><\/p>\n Drinking Gourd Chapbook Prize Guidelines:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Winner receives $350 prize money, publication by Northwestern University Press, 15 copies of the book, and a featured reading.<\/span><\/p>\n Judging<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Judging will be conducted by a panel of senior minority poets and scholars assembled by the Northwestern University Poetry and Poetics Colloquium.<\/span><\/p>\n Eligibility<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Poets of color who have not previously published a book-length volume of poetry. Simultaneous submissions to other contests should be noted.\u00a0 Immediate notification upon winning another award is required. Winner must be available for a reading in January of 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n Deadline<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The deadline for submission is\u00a0December 31, 2013.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>To be notified that your manuscript has been received, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard. Reading period begins January 15, 2014 and the winner will be announced by March 15, 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n Submission<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n